Worksheet No.

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Class: X Subject: Mathematics

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Date: 10/03/23 D.O.S.: 13/03/23

Ch1.Real Numbers

1. Apply Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic to find the HCF and LCM of each of the following:

(a) 255 and 867 (b) 134791, 6341, 6339 (c) 27727 and 53124 (d) x4 y2, x3 y

2. Find the prime factorization of each of the following:

(a) 3825 (b) 5217 (c) 16380 (d) 12576

3. Show that the given numbers cannot end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.
(a) 14 n (b) 5 n (c) 12 n (d) 15 n

3. If the HCF (210, 55) is expressible in the form 210 ×5 - 55y, find y.

4. Find the HCF and LCM of the given number and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two given
numbers.
(a) 306,657 (b) 570, 1425 (c) 8624, 21658 (d) 30,144

5. Find the largest number which divides 70 and 125 leaving remainders 5 and 8 respectively.

6. Explain why the given numbers are composite numbers:

(a) 5×7×19 ×11+5 (b) 3×5×11×9 ×7+7 (c) 2×8×7×5×13+13

7. Show that the given numbers are irrational:

(i)√5 (ii) 2 + 5√7 (iii) √3 - √7 (iv) √𝑝 + √𝑞 (v) 6- 3√11

8. Given LCM of (26,169) =338, what is the HCF of (26, 169)

9. Find the product of HCF and LCM of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number.

10. Three alarm clock ring at interval of 4, 12 and 20 minutes respectively. If they start ringing together,
after how much time will they next ring together?

11. Complete the missing entries in the following factor tree.

(a) (b)

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12. In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 180,252 and 324
respectively. Find minimum number of rooms required, if in each room the same numbers of participants
are to be seated and all of them being in the same subject.

13. HCF and LCM of two numbers is 9 and 459 respectively. If one of the numbers is 27, find the other
number.

14. 2002 cartons of Lassi bottles and 2618 cartons of Frooti are to be stacked in a store room. If each stack
is of the same height and is to contain cartons of the same types of bottles, what would be the greatest
number of cartoons each stack would have?

15. Find the least number of soldiers in a regiment such that they stand in rows of 15, 20, 25 and form a
perfect square.

Case Study:
To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of your friends to set
up a class library. There are two sections- section A and section B of grade X. There are 32 students in
section A and 36 students in section B.

Based on above information, answer the following questions:

1. What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so that they can be
distributed equally among students of Section A or Section B?

2. If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM is true then, the
HCF (32, 36) is

3. Express 36 as a product of its primes.

4. State whether the given number 7 × 11 × 13 × 15 + 15 is a prime or composite number. Justify your
answer.

5. If p and q are positive integers such that p = ab2 and q= a2 b, where a, b are prime numbers, then find
the LCM and HCF of the given number and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two given
numbers.

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